Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2019

“The threat actor targets QNAP NAS devices that are used for file storage and backups. It is not common for these devices to run antivirus products, and currently, the samples are only detected by 2-3 products on VirusTotal, which allows the ransomware to run uninhibited.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2018

“ CoinVault ransomware was first spotted in the wild in May 2014, it infected more than 14,000 Windows computers worldwide, most of them in the Netherlands, the US, the UK, Germany, and France. In order to protect your computer from malware: Ensure your system software and antivirus definitions are up-to-date. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Fxmsp gained worldwide fame in May 2019, after it was reported that the networks belonging to leading antivirus software companies had been compromised. According to media reports, Fxmsp had managed to compromise networks belonging to three antivirus software vendors. Finally, he infects the backups by installing backdoors.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Further reading: Best Backup Products for Ransomware and Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services . 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

When executed the Ryuk ransomware conducts a Sleep of several seconds, then it checks if it was executed with a specific argument and then kills more than 40 processes and over 180 services associated with to antivirus, database, backup and document editing software. Check Point says. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spinone

JANUARY 27, 2015

For 2014, the number of daily cyber attacks dropped to 3,043, nearly one-third less than the 4,200 attacks during the same timeframe in 2013, while the number of breaches dropped more than 50 percent for Black Friday and Cyber Monday year-over-year. 5) of the holiday season.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2022

Normally, we backup the received content to an external server on 20th day of every month, as this is reasonable given the volume we usually get, but since the start of the invasion on February 24th, traffic to our web service has increased over fiftyfold.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

According to the Data Quality Campaign , 45 states and Washington, DC, enacted new student privacy laws between 2014 and 2020. Install, regularly update, and enable real-time detection for antivirus software. Building a strong relationship with CISA and FBI regional cybersecurity personnel. cannot be altered or deleted).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

How to Protect Against Malware Attacks Organizations can protect themselves against malware attacks by implementing antivirus software, making regular offline backups of important data, keeping software up-to-date, enforcing multifactor authentication, and educating employees about the risks.

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